Howlin' Wolf

Sam Phillips, who recorded many a famed blues musician as a studio owner in Memphis in the early ‘50s before his work with the young Elvis Presley at his label Sun Records, memorably told writer Robert Palmer, “When I heard Howlin’ Wolf, I said, ‘This is for me. This is where the soul of man never dies.’”

Phillips’ oft-quoted recollection has always seemed the perfect measure of Wolf’s... Read More

City Of Origin:

White Station,
Mississippi

Genre:

Blues, Chicago Blues

Birthdate:

06/10/1910

Death date:

01/10/1976

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